Trump is talking about cutting the drug prices.
Cutting the middle man. He said a lot of rich people won't be happy about this.
Discounts are going directly to patients from now on.
He said a lot of lobbying was done to prevent this legalisation from being signed for years.
America is funding the R&D for drugs in the whole world.
Medicare was paying 4x more of what other countries pay for the same drugs. (Negotiation problem? Corruption?)
The former system wouldn't allow America negotiatethe price of drugs! It was illegal. It had to go through Congress.
This is ridiculous! That's why the drug price was so high.
2 vaccines entering the final trials this week and others the following weeks.
Vaccine development that fast is possible through The Right To Try.
The US has secured 90% of the world supply of Remdesivir.
Paul, a diabetic gentleman, is there to talk about drug price reduction (esp insulin).
Paul thanked Trump for the leadership work on reducing drug prices.
Insulin price being cut to $35 a month, 66% price reduction. People will save about $6K a year from this price reduction.
A lady that lost her husband is talking now. He tragically died in a car crash and she had to get insurance through the "unaffordable are act" but the co-pays and premiums were really high.
She found herself with $50k in medical bills.
Trump brought it down so much that she can now afford it.

Trump got rid of the gag order that prevented pharmacies of telling patients about less expensive drugs. (this is ridiculous, how did this rule even exist??)
"Were putting patients over lobbyist, seniors over special interest, were putting America first"
$30 billion in quick backs that used to go to middleman are now going to the American people, 30% discount directly to patients.
DeSanctis: "This law has been in the books for at least 20 years... Many people told you not to do it (told Trump) but you did. It's a result of Presidential leadership. Thank you Mr President."

Signing happening now.
Lobbyists are going to be mad.
Trump's really putting a stop on profiting on the expense of the American people.
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